The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-09
BIG RAILROAD SHOPS
nHnIEvED /, 70 ,l ne CONTEMPLATED n i:
ny tho baltimore s Ohio Railroad Compan,
In tho Eighth ward OF this City-A Largo
Purchase of Land Made Mysterious
ly, but tho Truth out ht Last,

II AASAo hno poeh y Attlu Hulet yak lOE
several weeks Of large acquisitions Of real
estate in the Eighth ward by tho Balti.
more & Ohio Railroad Company. It was
known that tract Of vacant ground lying
south Of Fortieth Htreet had been sold, and
II was runiored and denied several times
that tho real purchaser waa the Baltimore
L Ohio Company. Tho ground referred
to lies between Fortie.h and Forty.thlrd
Htreets and between McColloch and Wet.
eel streets. 1t was sold by Mr.. s. Water.
house, excepting two lots on Fortieth
street, which were Owned by Dr.. R. W.
Haslett, and which were yesterday form.
ally conveyed to the Baltimore & Ohio
Company. Thiu confirmed previous re-.
porte, and the presence in tho city yes!er.
day OF General Superintendent W. NJ.
Clements, OF the company, in his private
car, cSueed q good deal OF speculation.
The truth ubout the real estate transfer
la that the Baltimore & Ohio Company
has had m option on the ground covered
by the dseds, for the past sixty days. The
purchase was practically made two wesks
ago. \. !, ~ }.s,.
WHAT Mr.. CLEMEETB SAYS.
An lFTELLlGESCER reporter called on
MI. Clements in his npeclal cor at the B.
K y. depot last evening, and undertook to
obtain some Information IS to the railroad
compsny'g intoutione, but with Indifferent
euecess. Mr.. Clementg says the company
has IN contemplation some important i'm.
proyements on this land, In connection
with another trsct Of land south Of these
lots, which 1t has owned for some timo.
Just what form these will finally take he
WAS not ready 10 indicate, but he said that
the new purchase would be put to one CT
two uaes. That one Of these purposes was
the erection OF large railroad repair shops
and Car shops he did not seq fit 10 deny
whom 1t was iutimsted that this was tho
purpose 10 which the public supposed the
ground waa to DO put. he merely Gsid
that there was another character OF i'm.
pTo7ement which the company had also
had in view for come time, end that
neither OF these uses would require all tho
ground now owned by the company q. the
south end OF tho city. q.
J l..-, .=rai. AuE NhED VI a sAuFs I1 1904,
The necessity OF erecting ohopg hero for
the Company's uses has been apparent to
everybody bu. tho railroad officials for a
long time. The old so.called shops in the
Sixth ward have beon q Standing Joke ior
years. It is known that ex.Vico Preai.
don't Keyser, when in Office. favored the
erection Of chops here, and Mr.. Clements
himselt 10 credited with having always ad-
vocated the same step. Whether
THO is correct or not, there ars nun.
her Of reasons TO believe that shcps will
be built. 1t will DO remembered that
there waa tG!h some tino ago about the
ccmpsuy's title to certain land in the OK.
treme south end Of Wheeling. This land
WA conveyed to the company on condl.
ton that it would c1eas shops upon 1t. A
iow months ago the company laid On 1t O
number Of eide.tracks, claiming it YVES
necessary 10 have these in order to proper.
| ly handle CARS Of fruit and produce
brought here by communication men and
green.gro9oTs. Tho Lei.s Of the Hanalan
estste, 10 which the property formerly be-
longcd, spoke Of entering suit to rscoyer
the land on the grounds Of failure to Sll
this,I y : !,
SOME POINTERS.
From Mr.. Clsmsrts' remark that the
ground now acquired by tho company ,wls
10 be used in connection with tho other
ground already owned by it, it 10 ns.ur-
81 inference that the company contem-
plates the erection hers Of large Bhops and
some DINER improvements, but what theso
other wcrks are cannot be conjeCsured
with the data at hand.
! Gentlemen who had access to the inside
OF tho deal when tho property was pur-
chased, iutiuatod that the usc to which
the lots Tars 10 be put would greatly
aston!sh and delight she community. Ii
1t ehould result that way the community
can staal it. .sr:5. - =:
Mr.. cicmentn said he knew nothing of
the protected short and easy route out Of
this city for the HsmpGeld division, run
ming aouih CT the creets. Nothing has
besa said or duns In regard to it lstsly.
| SAFETY GATES.
The recent action OF tho Council Com.
mittss on Railroads looking to tho e0uir.
Ing OF gates ct street crossings oil tho
Henpaeld track in the city was news TO
Mr.. Clements. Tho ordinance requiring
this To be done was reported from The
committee last night in tbs Firat Branch
OF Counca, aud its immediate considera7
ton YES objected to by Mr., Treoy, where.
upon 1t wan laid upon tho table and
ordered to be printed for future consider
ation. IT, Is.
Speaking OF this matter, Mr.. Clements
II maid I'm ttC-rhk hn "a. 4
which the old Hernpdeld RAILROAD came
into tho city gave the company the priyi-
lsge OF chcoa.ng whether saiety gates or c
Tstchm6n in advance OF traine DO used.
The company has kept Ha!chmen ahead
Of all tralns. The ordinsncsreportod lsst
night applios also to tho railroads south
OF the creek. f- z. AS ~
&r-T. A DESERVED PROMOTION.
Mr. s. F. sst.srheld, who was Chief
Clerk in the Baltimore & Ohio frcish: OF.
fee when Captain Dayries was General
Agent here, he's siucs Captain Dsyries'n
promotion to BIO Superintendent OF the
Trans.Ohio divisions, been acting as
Freight Agent at thin station. Flo haa
now been promoted TO be General Agent
Tor this vicinity. Mr.. Cyrus St,ehl, ior
many years in the employ Of tho Bals:-
more K Ohio Company here and at Ball
aire rs clerk, has been appointed Chief
Clork OF tho Wheeling Freight Office, 80
SO to raliove tho pressure on Mr.. Sat.er-
field's time and enable him to get round
over his bs;liwick. ,.5
This promotion is C. highly deserved
one. Mr.. satterfeld was Tor years ticket
agout ct Bellaire, and has been rising in
tho Baltimore 4 Ohis service hero. The
business public who como in contcc. with
him in bis official poaltion will rejoice at
hig preferment. Il. ,5 2 81
Freight traliici ia exceedingly heavy with
the Baltimore & Ohio company now. d
PARTIES wanting q good dairy farm, or
desirable building lots, should rend the
Advertisement and attend the sale OF the
Carter homestead property, out the pike.
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